Garment



M. M.- HERSHEY.`

` GA'RMENT. APPLICATION FILED AUG. I9, 1920.

' Patented Nov. 29, 1921,;

M. MfHERSHEY.

GARMENT.

'AAPPLICATION FILED AUG. I9. 1920,

1,398,720, PatentedNov. 29,1921.

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BLA Mn EY MADELINE M. `EEERSHEIY, OF LOS AGELVS, CALIFORNIA GARMENT.

Application led August 19, 1920. Serial No.Y 404569.

To all whom t may concern:

YBe it known that I, MADELINE Hna SHEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residi ing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented anew and useful. Garment, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to a garment and is more particularly directed to a combinationk skirt and trousers.

The object of the invention is to provide` a combination dress skirt and riding trousers or breeches, adapted to beV worn as adress skirt with the trouser sections positioned b`e tween the skirt and the wearer, `or to have its various lsections joinedtogether and ap-.

plied tothe wearer with the frontl portions of the skirt coperating with the trouser sections to 'form a complete pair of trousers, and the back skirt ysection maintaining its skirt form. `A further object is to provide a garment having the above characteristics, with at-V taching and oining means by which the garment may conveniently and rapidly be con` verted from one form to the other.

Various other objects and advantages wil-l be more fully apparent from thefollowing description of the accompanying drawings whichxform a Ypart, of the disclosure,y and which illustrate a preferred yform of einbodiment of the invention.' l, n

Of` the drawings, v Figurevl is a front elevation -of the garment in skirt form. f Fig.l 2is-a rear. elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a view showing the skirt sections opened to ydisclose the trousersections.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line X4 X4r ofFig.3. y Fig. 5 is a plan section on line X5 'X5 ofFig.V f

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3sho'wing the trouser sections joined at the crotch.l

Fig. 7 is a frontelev'ation'showing the garment applied in trouser form. The garment has the belt 2 towhichv the various sections are secured, preferably by being gathered at the waist line and stitched thereto. The skirt of the garment comprises two opposed back and sideV sections 3 3 joined together at the rear of the garment to a point 4. The front vertical edges of the sections 3 are folded inwardly in plait formation (see Fig. `5) and are Joined at 5 5 t0 front panel sections 6 6. These panels have atv-their lower portions, two biiti, tons 7 gandcompanioni. button holesv8, the

purposes of which willhereinafter be pointed out. When worn in skirtform the vertical edgeof the right hand'panel section 6 overlaps the left hand panelsection, the abut-- .Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedNrOV, 192ml',A

ting surfaces'of the panels having-coperat--.

ing snap members 9 secured thereto.-

The trouser portion of the garment .comprises two breech and leg sections 10 l0 secured lto the belt beneath the. skirt sections 3 3 the inner edges of the 'Sections yf10 l0l i i' being joined part way of their length :down-, l

wardly from the belt to a'point ll (see Fig.'

3) and from the point ll downwardly,1 the inner edges of the sections l0 l0'turn::out wardly and join the vertical edges :of-.the frontpanel sections' 6 6 forming :trouser legs open toward the innersurface'offthe skirt and having the skirt only at the belt and atthe-vertical edges of the panels 6 6. The lower ends of.-

free inner edges -.l2 12. The sections l0 l0 are therefore joinedpto closely fit the limbiof the wearer ,iininedi-V l ately above the knee.' 1

- Attached to the-onter'surfaceof the v leg section near the upper crotch edge thereof there is attached two snap sections y18 18 and attached vto the inner-"surface oftheleft leg section'in coincident".,relative-klocations Y' are` two .companionfsnap sections l9 il9 adapted for engagement with the snap sections 'l8 l8 when the garmenthis app-,lied

Near the gathered edge .of -each leg' section is serted into the trouser legs, the lowergath-v ered ends thereof being positioned immediioo ately above the knees, and the snap sections 95 in trouser form as 4will later-be eXplained.

'withl the back and ytaining their original skirt form.

20 engaged with the snap section 21 so that the inner edges of,v the panel sections @#6 thus become securedto the bottoms of the trouser legs (see Figs. 6 and 7).

The snap sections 18 are engaged with the snap section 19 to join thecrotch edges of thetrouser leg sections 10-10, as shown in Fig. 6, and the two top snap members 9.are joined to connect the upper portions of the panel sections66 (see F ig. 7). Vith the garment thus applied, as shown in the right halfy of Fig. 7, the lower portions of the panel sections 6-6are wrapped around the limbs below the knees and-thebuttons 7 inserte'd into thek companionV button holes 8, the lower-ends of saidpanels thus coperating withY thetrouser leg sections to forni completetrouser legs, as shown in the left half of Fig. 7.

Ofi course it will be understood that they use of the snaps shown, is optional as other fasteningy means such as hooks. and eyes or buttons and button holes,may be utilized if desired.- y

The abovev described garment provides a skirtfcomprising back and side sections and front panel sections,and inner trouser sections adapted to be joined to form trouser legs sections, which coperate with the panels to form a complete pair of trousers,

Y side skirt sections mainj I: claim- 1. Vgarment` combining a lskirt having opposedfront panels and a back section attached to a. belt, a trouser'portion suspended from the beltA beneath the'skiruineans convnecting. thefree edges of thepanels to form a dress skirtv in one instance, and means. attaching the lower portions` of thefront panels around the limbs kof the wearer in a second instance, the panels forming fronts of thei trouser legs and trouser cuffs below the knees vandtheback section maintaining its normal skirt formation.

2. A garmentl combining a skirt having opposed'front panels and abelt, means connecting the panels, a trouser portion susp ended`V from the 'belt beneath the skirt and attached to the vertical free edges of the skirt panels, 4the trouser sections providing trouser legs of knee length andeach skirt panel adapted toform the front of Aeach trouser'leg with the lower portion thereof forming a trouser cuff encircling the limb of the wearer below the knee.

3. A garment combining a skirt having opposed front panels and side and back secone instance, and means attaching the lower portions of the front panels aroundthe limbs of the wearer in asecond instance', the panels forming the fronts of the trouser legs and trouser cuffs below the knees.

4. A garment comprising a convertible dress skirt and trousers, and combiningan outer skirt portion having opposed front panels and a belt, and an inner trouser portion suspended from the belt and attached to the vertical free edges of the'skirtpanels, the trouser portion forming trouserlegs of knee length andhaving free breech edges, coperating fastening means on the free edges of the skirt panels, cooperating fastenl ing means on the breech edges, andcoperatk ing fasteningmeans at the .lower portion of each skirt panel, whereby the free edgesof the panels may be attached to form a dress skirt, or, the free breechredges may be attached to'close the breech of the trouser portion and the lower portions of the panels may be secured around the limbs offthe wearer below the knee, with the panels form-V ing the fronts ofthe trouser legs.

5. A garment combining a skirtfportion having opposed front panels, and-a belt, a trouser section suspendedfrom the belt beneath the skirt portion and attached to the free vertical edges Aof the panels, and attaching means whereby the edges ofthepanels may be joined toform-a dress skirt iirone instance, and other attaching Vmeansisecuring the lower portions of the panels around the limbs of the wearer below the knees with .the panels coperating, in a second instance, to form a pair of trousers, the side. and back sections of Lthe skirt portion retaining their skirt form.

Signed at Los Angeles, California'this 12th day of August, 19520.r f

MADELINE M. HERSHEY. Vitnesses;

CLARENCE B. FOSTER,

. L. BELLE WEAVER. 

